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Trade Simulation: CCJ

Matt — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:38:56 +0000

I’m not ready to jump in to short-term investing, so I’m making a fake trade here instead. Details:

Cameco Corp. (CCJ)
Trade time: 2011-03-16 15:03 EDT
Market value at trade: 29.99
Number of shares: 30
Cost plus fees: 906.7

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Getting Ready for March Storm 2010

Matt — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:45:28 +0000

Just a quick plug for March Storm 2010, which is a fantastic opportunity to get involved in the political process of space exploration. If you’ve read my recent posts about the future of NASA, you know that changes are happening, and we may see a major expansion of human space flight in the years ahead. This year’s budget process in Washington DC is a critical time for the new path, and the efforts of every space advocate now will make a big difference. It is the right of every citizen of the United States to visit with their elected representative and make their case. ProSpace has organized an event called March Storm for you to do just that. We’re setting up the meetings and creating an agenda, which you can read about at the ProSpace web site. The event is on February 28 to March 2. Take a look, decide if it’s for you, and sign up. We need your help.

Back from March Storm

Darcy is Now a Doula!

Matt — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:10:21 +0000

My wife Darcy finished her doula and lactation consultant coursework and is now taking appointments! She also has a website up for her practice at DoulaDarcy.com. If you’re expecting an addition to your family or you know someone who is and lives in or near Ventura and Santa Barbara, California, feel free to give her a call. Speaking as someone who has witnessed two births, it was really great to have her there.

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Mammoth Mountain Panorama

Matt — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:18:10 +0000

After two days at home, Joseph and I left for the company ski trip. We had a great time up at Mammoth. Most of the time it was very cloudy, in fact the top of the mountain was closed for most of the weekend because of low visibility. I went up to the top with the camera, but I couldn’t see much, so I took the gondola back down. On the way, I saw a break in the clouds that opened up the whole valley for a photo shoot. About halfway down the mountain I got off the gondola and hiked around to find a good place to set up. I ended up right above a cliff with a good view of the mountain and the valley. You can see the resulting panorama here. This one was challenging because of the precarious location and my frozen fingers. I had the white balance set wrong, and this created an interesting problem when I tried to fix it in software. Where I had blown out the exposure by pointing the camera at the sun, the affected areas ended up a bright color instead of white. I managed to clip most of it out, but you can still see a spot of yellow here and there. The stitched panorama turned out really well. There is a little bit of parallax error still. I think I’m going to have to build myself a panoramic tripod head to fix that.

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